Parvati & the 2847 Parvati Asteroid - New York City, NY - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Museum's website for this piece (visit link) provides the following information:

"Standing Parvati
Period: Chola period (880–1279)
Date: ca. first quarter of the 10th century
Culture: Indian (Tamil Nadu)
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956
Accession Number: 57.51.3
On view in Gallery 240

Parvati is the consort of Shiva and mother of the elephant-headed god Ganesha. This magnificent statue is one of the finest Chola representations of Parvati found outside India. The genius and obvious skill of the sculptor produced a timeless image of the goddess as well as a female figure of surpassing beauty and grace. Her lyrical, rhythmic carriage and the soft yet firm lines of her body suggest the ideal of the divine and eternal female."

As for the asteroid, Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"2847 Parvati (1959 CC1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 1, 1959 by Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff (LO)."

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